Chapter 11. The Evolution of the Concept of Cant in the 17th and 18th Centuries

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface 1
4. Chapter 1. The English Underworld in the 16th–18th Centuries 5
5. Chapter 2. Early Canting Literature 16
6. Chapter 3. The New Canting Terms Reported by Richard Head 33
7. Chapter 4. The Canting Terms of Coles’ Dictionary 49
8. Chapter 5. Β.E.’s Innovative Approach 60
9. Chapter 6. The Canting Component of The Ladies Dictionary 68
10. Chapter 7. Alexander Smith’s Thieves New Canting Dictionary 76
11. Chapter 8. Lexical Additions in A New Canting Dictionary 85
12. Chapter 9. John Poulter’s Canting Expressions 94
13. Chapter 10. Francis Grose’s Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 101
14. Chapter 11. The Evolution of the Concept of Cant in the 17th and 18th Centuries 114
15. Appendices 123
16. Bibliography 137
17. Summaries 141
18. Indexes 143